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An artefact from a different world showing how waste can be turned into something new.

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An artefact from a time when all our resources are valued

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An artefact from a world where it is a horror to waste anything!

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Showing a world where only natural dyes can be used

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An artefact from a time when fabric can only be reused

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Imagining a world where.... Everyone is given 30m of fabric at birth

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Imagining a world where.... Clothes can only be coloured using what can be found in nature

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Imagining a world where... Clothes are designed to be worn for at least 20 years

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Imagining a world where... stylish grannies and grandads are the biggest fashion influencers

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This talk aimed to introduce students to the basic concept of sustainability by starting with textiles—what they are, where they come from, and how their production and use impact the environment, by focusing on their school uniforms.

We also showed the remake projects we had done using their school summer dresses, hats, and scarves. This part included a small fashion show.

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The students reused the left over paper from the other heat press workshop, to over print the reclaimed blouse from a local charity shop.

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The students used dry flowers to create some unique heat press print on their old school scarves. This workshop aimed to let students experience textile transformation through hands-on practice, and help they to understand the possibility within the materials.

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The students used the information and action cards we prepared, to explore how the items could be redesigned to be lower in environmental impact and longer lasting, imagining new features or changes that would address these two different themes.

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The students were divided into six groups, and each group was assigned a different garment of their school uniforms to discuss: tote bag, summer dress, jumper, hat & scarf, overall, and shoes.

The students discussed the garments based on a set of reflective questions such as: “What do you think about this school bag?”“What is it like to use?”“Have you ever washed it?”“Is it getting holes in it?”“What will you do with it when it is too tatty or small to use anymore?”

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Stage 2: There are talent competitions and international prizes for outfits styled from waste materials: Prototypes: Newspaper Dresses 

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Stage 2: There are talent competitions and international prizes for outfits styled from waste materials: Prototypes: Newspaper Dresses 

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Students explore origami, weaving, and pleating whilst making garments for their catwalk.

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Students worked in groups to create a newspaper catwalk

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Stage 2 Prototypes : There are talent competitions and international prizes for outfits styles from waste materials 

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Stage 2 Prototypes : There are talent competitions and international prizes for outfits styles from waste materials 

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Students worked in team sot create fantastical garments form news paper . Some were on mannequins and some were made directly on the body so the students could create a catwalk parade in the classroom.

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Making, mending clothes is more popular than watching football.

Feel good by embarking on a 'mending life' : Students explored visible mending techniques whilst also finding mindfulness and enjoyment in the the actual process

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Stage 2: Re-use is considered cooler than newness

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Stage 2: Re-use is considered cooler than newness

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using scraps of fabric to create a garment on a mannequin in groups

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visible mending, threads, pinning to a mannequin

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Starting points: 'what if ?' card from the following:

1. Re-use is considered cooler than newness

2. Clothes are decorated with people's ideas, thoughts and feelings.

3. Making, mending and altering clothes is more popular than watching football.

Students worked in groups to produce garments from fabric scraps. The techniques used were moulage, pinning and wrapping materials onto the mannequins.

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Following a class discussion about textiles, then group discussions around a What If provocation, children explored their own "What If" ideas.

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illegal : sewing : no shops : plants : no online shopping

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Following a class discussion about textiles, then group discussions around a What If provocation, children explored their own "What If" ideas.

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Following a class discussion about textiles, then group discussions around a What If provocations, they explored their own "What If" ideas.

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At the start of the session we thought about what textiles are used for in all areas of our lives and places / spaces we've seen on TV, film and gaming.

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The childrens' faces are anonymized with flowers

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During our reflection activity, children presented the worlds they came up with and answered questioned from their curious classmates. Here, our discussion connected back to how these fictional worlds are better for humans, other species, and the environment; what they learnt during the project; and in which way parts of some fictional worlds may already exist in alternative fashion practices of our current world. All children said they would want to live in their fashion fiction world.

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Stage 2: Drawing: a world in which clothes are made from and return to nature

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Stage 2: Drawing: a world in which clothes are made from and return to nature

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In this world, clothes are mainly made from biological products such as bananas and shells, but also discarded plastic. What cannot be used to make clothing, can be used to construct bricks, roofs or daily life objects such as flower pots. When clothes are no longer worn, they are returned to nature: for example, clothes made of shells return to the sea and help the growth of coral.

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Stage 2: Drawing: a world in which clothes show your emotions

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Stage 2: Drawing: a world in which clothes show your emotions

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In this world, everyone wears bracelets which measure your emotions through your heartbeat and thoughts. The bracelet then send waves to your clothes to change colors depending on the (mix of) emotions you are feeling. In this way, people learn to understand both others and themselves better. These clothes, made of plant-based materials, also help you deal with these emotions: for example, when you are angry, your shirt will tickle you.

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Students explored their world using the writing frame. They extended their imagination and thoughts through picture making and drawing whilst working in pairs.

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Stage 1: Every-one is given 30 metres of fabric at birth to make all the clothes they will wear in a lifetime .

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Stage 1: Every-one is given 30 metres of fabric at birth to make all the clothes they will wear in a lifetime .

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Students chose a 'what if’ card, wrote in the frame and then explored and imagined their world in picture form through drawing .

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Stage 1: Clothes are designed to be worn for at least 20 years

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Stage 1: Clothes are designed to be worn for at least 20 years

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Students chose a 'what if' prompt that they wanted to explore and  used the writing frame. They then discussed their worlds on their tables . Finally we  shared ideas with the rest of the class.

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At the very start we discussed what we already know about the fashion industry and 'fast fashion'. We added more notes from videos shown and information given. Students really engaged with the 'Timeline of a T-shirt ' on TED talks.

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Did you know cards ? brought up many debates . We wrote some extra information next to some cards to explain our thoughts and reasoning .

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Sorting the cards from bad to better proved tricky for the students and brought up many discussions and debates !

No group had the exact same order .

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This pinboard is a space to find inspiration and share the outcomes from your Fashion Fictions workshops and projects. It's a place to celebrate the fantastic activities that you have run and the fabulous work created by the children involved.

We can't wait to see the work you have to share!

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Stage 1: a world where sewing is more popular than football

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Stage 1: a world where sewing is more popular than football

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Picking up a ‘What if?’ prompt about a world where sewing is more popular than football, Elsa (year 6) writes that ‘people gradually came to like and enjoy “feminine” and “girly” things regardless of gender’. This world, written on an early version of the ‘World-writing’ worksheet, is one where people sew and knit for each other and no-one is bullied for it.

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A worksheet with four quadrants that have been written in by a child.

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A memory cloak made by year 6 pupils as a prototype for a world where clothes are used to celebrate friendships and memories. The cloak was created by the whole class and presented to children from other schools at a Bulwell Arts Festival event. The children also made sashes that represented their fictional world and wore them on the day of the event.

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From a world where signatures create memories and are used to celebrate events. This piece was inspired by friendship quilts and signature cloths created hundreds of years ago. The year 4 class used running stitch to embroider their names onto fabric for this collaborative piece, creating their own small piece of history. Many of the group were inspired to continue their sewing at home.

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Stage 1: a world where clothes made of plants and leaves

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Stage 1: a world where clothes made of plants and leaves

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This lovely drawing from Ian in year 4 illustrates a ‘What if?’ prompt suggesting a world where all clothes are made from plants and leaves.

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A pencil drawing of an outfit made entirely of grass, leaves, flowers and bamboo.

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An enactment from a world in which clothes express their wearer’s emotions. During this project year 5 pupils wrote their own fictional worlds, worked in pairs to upcycle t-shirts as prototypes for their chosen world and then came together to hang their ‘emotion t-shirts’ on this specially decorated drying tree which was an aspect of the written fiction they were working from.

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Stage 2 prototypes from a world where stains are good. These mini garment mock-ups were made by a year 6 class who experimented with natural dye stuffs (coffee, turmeric, cabbage etc.) and then used the colours they had created to make individual designs.

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Stage 3 enactment: preparation for a coronation carnival

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Stage 3 enactment: preparation for a coronation carnival

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An umbrella from a world where recycled umbrellas are the most important fashion accessory, used to celebrate special occasions. This umbrella, which illustrate the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans, was created by pupils from Moorlands Primary School for a carnival parade to celebrate King Charles’ coronation and highlight his environmental concerns.

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Stage 1:  a world with limits on the colour of clothes

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Stage 1:  a world with limits on the colour of clothes

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On this worksheet Elsie (year 5) writes about a world where people have voted to limit the colour of clothes and the number of outfits that can be worn in a week. She links these decisions to fewer clothes being made and reduced chemical waste in the environment. Interestingly, the limits in Elsie’s world make people more colourful in the way they choose to wear their clothes, which sounds like a fun!

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A worksheet with four quadrants that have been written in by a child.

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A skirt inspired by a world where people are much kinder and more respectful to animals. Having been introduced to some of the environmental impacts of fashion, this year 4 group created a prototype expressing how people in their chosen world feel about animals and the environment. The children learnt sewing and sculpting skills, stitching their felt designs and making a torso from mod roc.

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Stage 1: imagining a better world for animals

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Stage 1: imagining a better world for animals

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Many of the children involved in the Fashion Fictions for Children pilot project were inspired to write and draw worlds in which people are kinder to animals, no animals are harmed in the making of clothes, and/or the environment is cleaner and better for everyone. Keiven, Daniel & Joel (year 5) created this fantastic illustration of one such wild and wonderful world.

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A child's pencil drawing of lively exotic animals swinging between trees.

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Stage 2 prototype: a waistcoat of strengths

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Stage 2 prototype: a waistcoat of strengths

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This waistcoat is a prototype for a world where being able to decorate your clothes with things that make you feel strong and happy is seen as a superpower. The children in this year 5 group used lots of different sewing and textile skills to each creating a patch depicting something that makes them feel happy or unique.

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Stage 1: imagining a non-judgemental world

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Stage 1: imagining a non-judgemental world

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Several of the children involved in the schools pilot project wrote about a non-judgemental worlds where people could wear whatever they wanted without being judged. This drawing from a child in year 5 suggests particularly harsh penalties for those who break this rule!

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Anon yr5 - a world where noone is judged - square

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Stage 3 enactment: preparation for a coronation carnival

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Stage 3 enactment: preparation for a coronation carnival

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An umbrella decorated to reflect the importance of pollination. This umbrella was made by year 3 pupils for the enactment of a world where recycled umbrellas are used to celebrate special occasions (in this case the King’s coronation) and to send messages about the things that are important to us.

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Stage 2 prototype: celebrating what makes us happy

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Stage 2 prototype: celebrating what makes us happy

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A prototype for a jumper from a world where clothes express our strengths and interests. This piece was created by children in year 4. Each child decorated a wooden circle with things that make them happy, before the pieces were joined in the shape of a garment. On the reverse of the circles letters spell out the words ‘Be brave and stay strong’.

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We really love to see images of the work that children have created. If you wish to share images in which children’s faces appear, you will need to have secured consent from parents/guardians in advance – for advice on image sharing return to the main pinboard page.

By submitting images to this pinboard you confirm that you have the necessary consent in place to do so.

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Fashion Fictions is run by Amy Twigger Holroyd at Nottingham School of Art & Design.

The Fashion Fictions for Children resource pack can be found here.

To contact the Fashion Fictions team email: sally.cooke@ntu.ac.uk